Renewable Energy

Firewood collection outside Kibale National Park

Most people living around Kibale National Park depend on collected wood for cooking and preparing drinking water. A rapidly increasing human population combined with rapidly disappearing forest patches in areas outside Kibale Forest is intensifying pressure on the park’s resources. Data collected by The Kasiisi Project from 14 schools around the park show that the majority of children see Kibale as a resource to be exploited.

Children are the main collectors of fuel wood and will also be most impacted in the future by the emerging local energy crisis. The Kasiisi Project therefore believes that schools are an excellent starting point for teaching about renewable energy alternatives.

The Kasiisi Project, in collaboration with the Kibale Fuel Wood Project, supports projects aimed at finding appropriate, sustainable solutions to the looming energy shortage. We also lead by example by incorporating renewable energy in our projects. Some of our initiatives include: